diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanager.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanager.ts
index 2f75264468f..ba565453d42 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanager.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanager.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export async function fetchAlertManagerConfig(alertManagerSourceName: string): P
       template_files: result.data.template_files ?? {},
       template_file_provenances: result.data.template_file_provenances ?? {},
       alertmanager_config: result.data.alertmanager_config ?? {},
+      last_applied: result.data.last_applied,
+      id: result.data.id,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     // if no config has been uploaded to grafana, it returns error instead of latest config
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanagerApi.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanagerApi.ts
index be7f2634b44..66f6d760422 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanagerApi.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanagerApi.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import {
   AlertmanagerChoice,
+  AlertManagerCortexConfig,
   ExternalAlertmanagerConfig,
   ExternalAlertmanagers,
   ExternalAlertmanagersResponse,
 } from '../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+import { getDatasourceAPIUid, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../utils/datasource';
 
 import { alertingApi } from './alertingApi';
 
+const LIMIT_TO_SUCCESSFULLY_APPLIED_AMS = 10;
+
 export interface AlertmanagersChoiceResponse {
   alertmanagersChoice: AlertmanagerChoice;
   numExternalAlertmanagers: number;
@@ -33,5 +37,24 @@ export const alertmanagerApi = alertingApi.injectEndpoints({
       query: (config) => ({ url: '/api/v1/ngalert/admin_config', method: 'POST', data: config }),
       invalidatesTags: ['AlertmanagerChoice'],
     }),
+
+    getValidAlertManagersConfig: build.query<AlertManagerCortexConfig[], void>({
+      //this is only available for the "grafana" alert manager
+      query: () => ({
+        url: `/api/alertmanager/${getDatasourceAPIUid(
+          GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME
+        )}/config/history?limit=${LIMIT_TO_SUCCESSFULLY_APPLIED_AMS}`,
+      }),
+    }),
+
+    resetAlertManagerConfigToOldVersion: build.mutation<{ message: string }, { id: number }>({
+      //this is only available for the "grafana" alert manager
+      query: (config) => ({
+        url: `/api/alertmanager/${getDatasourceAPIUid(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME)}/config/history/${
+          config.id
+        }/_activate`,
+        method: 'POST',
+      }),
+    }),
   }),
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.test.tsx
index a9bebf53196..5b6df00d2f9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.test.tsx
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ describe('Admin config', () => {
       alertmanager_config: {},
     });
     mocks.api.deleteAlertManagerConfig.mockResolvedValue();
-
-    await renderAdminPage(dataSources.alertManager.name);
-
+    renderAdminPage(dataSources.alertManager.name);
     await userEvent.click(await ui.resetButton.find());
     await userEvent.click(ui.confirmButton.get());
     await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.api.deleteAlertManagerConfig).toHaveBeenCalled());
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ describe('Admin config', () => {
 
     mocks.api.fetchConfig.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve(savedConfig ?? defaultConfig));
     mocks.api.updateAlertManagerConfig.mockResolvedValue();
-    await renderAdminPage(dataSources.alertManager.name);
+    renderAdminPage(dataSources.alertManager.name);
     const input = await ui.configInput.find();
     expect(input.value).toEqual(JSON.stringify(defaultConfig, null, 2));
     await userEvent.clear(input);
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ describe('Admin config', () => {
       ...someCloudAlertManagerStatus,
       config: someCloudAlertManagerConfig.alertmanager_config,
     });
-    await renderAdminPage(dataSources.promAlertManager.name);
+    renderAdminPage(dataSources.promAlertManager.name);
 
     await ui.readOnlyConfig.find();
     expect(ui.configInput.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.tsx
index 959e55d4d3a..b5d4261ba13 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfig.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { useEffect, useState, useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Alert, Button, ConfirmModal, TextArea, HorizontalGroup, Field, Form, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Alert, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 
 import { useAlertManagerSourceName } from '../../hooks/useAlertManagerSourceName';
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, isVanillaPrometheusAlertManagerDataSource }
 import { initialAsyncRequestState } from '../../utils/redux';
 import { AlertManagerPicker } from '../AlertManagerPicker';
 
-interface FormValues {
+import AlertmanagerConfigSelector, { ValidAmConfigOption } from './AlertmanagerConfigSelector';
+import { ConfigEditor } from './ConfigEditor';
+
+export interface FormValues {
   configJSON: string;
 }
 
@@ -29,11 +32,14 @@ export default function AlertmanagerConfig(): JSX.Element {
   const [showConfirmDeleteAMConfig, setShowConfirmDeleteAMConfig] = useState(false);
   const { loading: isDeleting } = useUnifiedAlertingSelector((state) => state.deleteAMConfig);
   const { loading: isSaving } = useUnifiedAlertingSelector((state) => state.saveAMConfig);
+
   const readOnly = alertManagerSourceName ? isVanillaPrometheusAlertManagerDataSource(alertManagerSourceName) : false;
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   const configRequests = useUnifiedAlertingSelector((state) => state.amConfigs);
 
+  const [selectedAmConfig, setSelectedAmConfig] = useState<ValidAmConfigOption | undefined>();
+
   const {
     result: config,
     loading: isLoadingConfig,
@@ -60,6 +66,13 @@ export default function AlertmanagerConfig(): JSX.Element {
     [config]
   );
 
+  const defaultValidValues = useMemo(
+    (): FormValues => ({
+      configJSON: selectedAmConfig ? JSON.stringify(selectedAmConfig.value, null, 2) : '',
+    }),
+    [selectedAmConfig]
+  );
+
   const loading = isDeleting || isLoadingConfig || isSaving;
 
   const onSubmit = (values: FormValues) => {
@@ -84,9 +97,25 @@ export default function AlertmanagerConfig(): JSX.Element {
         dataSources={alertManagers}
       />
       {loadingError && !loading && (
-        <Alert severity="error" title="Error loading Alertmanager configuration">
-          {loadingError.message || 'Unknown error.'}
-        </Alert>
+        <>
+          <Alert
+            severity="error"
+            title="Your Alertmanager configuration is incorrect. These are the details of the error:"
+          >
+            {loadingError.message || 'Unknown error.'}
+          </Alert>
+
+          {alertManagerSourceName === GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME && (
+            <AlertmanagerConfigSelector
+              onChange={setSelectedAmConfig}
+              selectedAmConfig={selectedAmConfig}
+              defaultValues={defaultValidValues}
+              readOnly={true}
+              loading={loading}
+              onSubmit={onSubmit}
+            />
+          )}
+        </>
       )}
       {isDeleting && alertManagerSourceName !== GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME && (
         <Alert severity="info" title="Resetting Alertmanager configuration">
@@ -94,70 +123,17 @@ export default function AlertmanagerConfig(): JSX.Element {
         </Alert>
       )}
       {alertManagerSourceName && config && (
-        <Form defaultValues={defaultValues} onSubmit={onSubmit} key={defaultValues.configJSON}>
-          {({ register, errors }) => (
-            <>
-              {!readOnly && (
-                <Field
-                  disabled={loading}
-                  label="Configuration"
-                  invalid={!!errors.configJSON}
-                  error={errors.configJSON?.message}
-                >
-                  <TextArea
-                    {...register('configJSON', {
-                      required: { value: true, message: 'Required.' },
-                      validate: (v) => {
-                        try {
-                          JSON.parse(v);
-                          return true;
-                        } catch (e) {
-                          return e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Invalid JSON.';
-                        }
-                      },
-                    })}
-                    id="configuration"
-                    rows={25}
-                  />
-                </Field>
-              )}
-              {readOnly && (
-                <Field label="Configuration">
-                  <pre data-testid="readonly-config">{defaultValues.configJSON}</pre>
-                </Field>
-              )}
-              {!readOnly && (
-                <HorizontalGroup>
-                  <Button type="submit" variant="primary" disabled={loading}>
-                    Save
-                  </Button>
-                  <Button
-                    type="button"
-                    disabled={loading}
-                    variant="destructive"
-                    onClick={() => setShowConfirmDeleteAMConfig(true)}
-                  >
-                    Reset configuration
-                  </Button>
-                </HorizontalGroup>
-              )}
-              {!!showConfirmDeleteAMConfig && (
-                <ConfirmModal
-                  isOpen={true}
-                  title="Reset Alertmanager configuration"
-                  body={`Are you sure you want to reset configuration ${
-                    alertManagerSourceName === GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME
-                      ? 'for the Grafana Alertmanager'
-                      : `for "${alertManagerSourceName}"`
-                  }? Contact points and notification policies will be reset to their defaults.`}
-                  confirmText="Yes, reset configuration"
-                  onConfirm={resetConfig}
-                  onDismiss={() => setShowConfirmDeleteAMConfig(false)}
-                />
-              )}
-            </>
-          )}
-        </Form>
+        <ConfigEditor
+          defaultValues={defaultValues}
+          onSubmit={(values) => onSubmit(values)}
+          readOnly={readOnly}
+          loading={loading}
+          alertManagerSourceName={alertManagerSourceName}
+          showConfirmDeleteAMConfig={showConfirmDeleteAMConfig}
+          onReset={() => setShowConfirmDeleteAMConfig(true)}
+          onConfirmReset={resetConfig}
+          onDismiss={() => setShowConfirmDeleteAMConfig(false)}
+        />
       )}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfigSelector.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfigSelector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb500258f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/AlertmanagerConfigSelector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { dateTime, GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Button, HorizontalGroup, Select, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { AlertManagerCortexConfig } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+
+import { alertmanagerApi } from '../../api/alertmanagerApi';
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
+
+import { FormValues } from './AlertmanagerConfig';
+import { ConfigEditor } from './ConfigEditor';
+
+export interface ValidAmConfigOption {
+  label?: string;
+  value?: AlertManagerCortexConfig;
+}
+
+interface AlertmanagerConfigSelectorProps {
+  onChange: (selectedOption: ValidAmConfigOption) => void;
+  selectedAmConfig?: ValidAmConfigOption;
+  defaultValues: FormValues;
+  onSubmit: (values: FormValues, oldConfig?: AlertManagerCortexConfig) => void;
+  readOnly: boolean;
+  loading: boolean;
+}
+
+export default function AlertmanagerConfigSelector({
+  onChange,
+  selectedAmConfig,
+  defaultValues,
+  onSubmit,
+  readOnly,
+  loading,
+}: AlertmanagerConfigSelectorProps): JSX.Element {
+  const { useGetValidAlertManagersConfigQuery, useResetAlertManagerConfigToOldVersionMutation } = alertmanagerApi;
+
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  const { currentData: validAmConfigs, isLoading: isFetchingValidAmConfigs } = useGetValidAlertManagersConfigQuery();
+
+  const [resetAlertManagerConfigToOldVersion] = useResetAlertManagerConfigToOldVersionMutation();
+
+  const validAmConfigsOptions = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!validAmConfigs?.length) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const configs: ValidAmConfigOption[] = validAmConfigs.map((config) => {
+      const date = new Date(config.last_applied!);
+      return {
+        label: config.last_applied
+          ? `Config from ${date.toLocaleString()} (${dateTime(date).locale('en').fromNow(true)} ago)`
+          : 'Previous config',
+        value: config,
+      };
+    });
+    onChange(configs[0]);
+    return configs;
+  }, [validAmConfigs, onChange]);
+
+  const onResetClick = async () => {
+    const id = selectedAmConfig?.value?.id;
+    if (id === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    resetAlertManagerConfigToOldVersion({ id });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {!isFetchingValidAmConfigs && validAmConfigs && validAmConfigs.length > 0 ? (
+        <>
+          <div>Select a previous working configuration until you fix this error:</div>
+
+          <div className={styles.container}>
+            <HorizontalGroup align="flex-start" spacing="md">
+              <Select
+                options={validAmConfigsOptions}
+                value={selectedAmConfig}
+                onChange={(value: SelectableValue) => {
+                  onChange(value);
+                }}
+              />
+
+              <Button variant="primary" disabled={loading} onClick={onResetClick}>
+                Reset to selected configuration
+              </Button>
+            </HorizontalGroup>
+          </div>
+
+          <ConfigEditor
+            defaultValues={defaultValues}
+            onSubmit={(values) => onSubmit(values)}
+            readOnly={readOnly}
+            loading={loading}
+            alertManagerSourceName={GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME}
+          />
+        </>
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  container: css`
+    margin-top: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+  `,
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/ConfigEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/ConfigEditor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e0ccc51322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/admin/ConfigEditor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { Button, ConfirmModal, TextArea, HorizontalGroup, Field, Form } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
+
+import { FormValues } from './AlertmanagerConfig';
+
+interface ConfigEditorProps {
+  defaultValues: { configJSON: string };
+  readOnly: boolean;
+  loading: boolean;
+  alertManagerSourceName?: string;
+  onSubmit: (values: FormValues) => void;
+  showConfirmDeleteAMConfig?: boolean;
+  onReset?: () => void;
+  onConfirmReset?: () => void;
+  onDismiss?: () => void;
+}
+
+export const ConfigEditor = ({
+  defaultValues,
+  readOnly,
+  loading,
+  alertManagerSourceName,
+  showConfirmDeleteAMConfig,
+  onSubmit,
+  onReset,
+  onConfirmReset,
+  onDismiss,
+}: ConfigEditorProps) => {
+  return (
+    <Form defaultValues={defaultValues} onSubmit={onSubmit} key={defaultValues.configJSON}>
+      {({ register, errors }) => (
+        <>
+          {!readOnly && (
+            <>
+              <Field
+                disabled={loading}
+                label="Configuration"
+                invalid={!!errors.configJSON}
+                error={errors.configJSON?.message}
+              >
+                <TextArea
+                  {...register('configJSON', {
+                    required: { value: true, message: 'Required.' },
+                    validate: (v) => {
+                      try {
+                        JSON.parse(v);
+                        return true;
+                      } catch (e) {
+                        return e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Invalid JSON.';
+                      }
+                    },
+                  })}
+                  id="configuration"
+                  rows={25}
+                />
+              </Field>
+
+              <HorizontalGroup>
+                <Button type="submit" variant="primary" disabled={loading}>
+                  Save
+                </Button>
+                {onReset && (
+                  <Button type="button" disabled={loading} variant="destructive" onClick={onReset}>
+                    Reset configuration
+                  </Button>
+                )}
+              </HorizontalGroup>
+            </>
+          )}
+          {readOnly && (
+            <Field label="Configuration">
+              <pre data-testid="readonly-config">{defaultValues.configJSON}</pre>
+            </Field>
+          )}
+          {Boolean(showConfirmDeleteAMConfig) && onConfirmReset && onDismiss && (
+            <ConfirmModal
+              isOpen={true}
+              title="Reset Alertmanager configuration"
+              body={`Are you sure you want to reset configuration ${
+                alertManagerSourceName === GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME
+                  ? 'for the Grafana Alertmanager'
+                  : `for "${alertManagerSourceName}"`
+              }? Contact points and notification policies will be reset to their defaults.`}
+              confirmText="Yes, reset configuration"
+              onConfirm={onConfirmReset}
+              onDismiss={onDismiss}
+            />
+          )}
+        </>
+      )}
+    </Form>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
index 1fbf35856d1..be215b06619 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ export const fetchAlertManagerConfigAction = createAsyncThunk(
                 alertmanager_config: status.config,
                 template_files: {},
                 template_file_provenances: result.template_file_provenances,
+                last_applied: result.last_applied,
+                id: result.id,
               }));
             }
             return result;
@@ -550,10 +552,10 @@ export const updateAlertManagerConfigAction = createAsyncThunk<void, UpdateAlert
           // TODO there must be a better way here than to dispatch another fetch as this causes re-rendering :(
           const latestConfig = await thunkAPI.dispatch(fetchAlertManagerConfigAction(alertManagerSourceName)).unwrap();
 
-          if (
-            !(isEmpty(latestConfig.alertmanager_config) && isEmpty(latestConfig.template_files)) &&
-            JSON.stringify(latestConfig) !== JSON.stringify(oldConfig)
-          ) {
+          const isLatestConfigEmpty = isEmpty(latestConfig.alertmanager_config) && isEmpty(latestConfig.template_files);
+          const oldLastConfigsDiffer = JSON.stringify(latestConfig) !== JSON.stringify(oldConfig);
+
+          if (!isLatestConfigEmpty && oldLastConfigsDiffer) {
             throw new Error(
               'It seems configuration has been recently updated. Please reload page and try again to make sure that recent changes are not overwritten.'
             );
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts
index 980cec45624..ba4aeed19e0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export type AlertManagerCortexConfig = {
   alertmanager_config: AlertmanagerConfig;
   /** { [name]: provenance } */
   template_file_provenances?: Record<string, string>;
+  last_applied?: string;
+  id?: number;
 };
 
 export type TLSConfig = {
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ export type AlertmanagerConfig = {
   mute_time_intervals?: MuteTimeInterval[];
   /** { [name]: provenance } */
   muteTimeProvenances?: Record<string, string>;
+  last_applied?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type Matcher = {